{"id":6204,"date":"2010-10-27T23:31:36","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T04:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=6204"},"modified":"2010-10-27T23:31:36","modified_gmt":"2010-10-28T04:31:36","slug":"daily-news-roundup-october-27th-texas-bicycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/27\/daily-news-roundup-october-27th-texas-bicycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily News Roundup October 27th &#8211; Texas Bicycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.peopleforbikes.org\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peopleforbikes.org\/blog\/entry\/biking_for_transportation_is_more_than_riding_to_work\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Biking for transportation is more than riding to work<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom The Blog peopleforbikes.org<br \/>\nA recent post on the Copenhagenize blog brought up an important topic for us at peopleforbikes.org. Mikael Colville-Andersen wrote, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The act of riding a bicycle for transport often only gets mentioned as a way to get from home to work and back again in North America, Australasia and Britain.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s right: in the U.S., biking for transportation is essentially synonymous with bike commuting. When we talk about making&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.bikereg.com\/events\/register.asp?eventid=11930\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikereg.com\/events\/register.asp?eventid=11930\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2010 Mellow Johnny&#8217;s 6-Hour &#8211; Volunteer Signup<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPresented by 2010 Mellow Johnny&#8217;s 6-Hour<br \/>\nDripping Springs, TX<br \/>\nSaturday, November 13, 2010<br \/>\nThe 2010 Mellow Johnny&#8217;s 6-Hour race is fast approaching. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re reaching out for volunteers to make this event a success. Any proceeds from this one will be going to LiveStrong and we are excited about the opportunity to help this wonderful organization out!<\/p>\n<p>The race flyer can be found here. Please read through it so you understand the event logistics prior&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.theanahuacprogress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theanahuacprogress.com\/articles\/2010\/10\/27\/news\/news11.txt\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cross Country bicyclist makes a stop in Anahuac<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Anahuac Progress<br \/>\nClayton is traveling cross country by bicycle celebrating his sixth year of being cancer free. He began this leg of his journey in Dallas circumnavigating &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.ntdaily.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ntdaily.com\/?p=13055\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Shared paths cause concern | North Texas Daily<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Managing-Editor<br \/>\nUNT students are debating the safety of bicycle riders and pedestrians sharing the sidewalks on campus after a woman was struck and killed by a cyclist in White Rock Lake in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Huddleston, 28, was jogging along Katy Trail in White Rock Lake when she was hit by a bicycle. She died three days later on Oct. 3 from the head injuries sustained in the accident. The cyclist is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"www.atxbs.com\/?q=node\/3487\" href=\"http:\/\/www.atxbs.com\/?q=node\/3487\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SkelliCyclists present The Skeleton Ride 2nd Bone | Austin Texas &#8230;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom www.atxbs.com<br \/>\nSkellies Get excited for our annual Skeleton Ride Were going to bike around town and make a few &#8230; ATX Bicycle AdvocacyInfo. Austinand Texas Bike Laws &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/word4women.wordpress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/word4women.wordpress.com\/2010\/10\/27\/the-bike-the-cause-the%C2%A0family\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Bike. The Cause. The Family \u00c2\u00ab Word4Women&#8217;s Blog<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby word4women<br \/>\nI was writing this on Saturday night\/ Monday morning &amp; couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t contain my thoughts.\u00c2\u00a0 After a couple of days, I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m ready to finish it.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/word4women.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/10\/rob-and-crew-2010.jpg?w=470&#038;h=296&#038;fit=470%2C296&#038;resize=470%2C296\" alt=\"Cure for Cancer\" width=\"470\" height=\"296\" \/><br \/>\nGood morning.\u00c2\u00a0 I should be in bed asleep recharging to do the Ride for the Roses this morning, but I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t sleep.\u00c2\u00a0 There is a lot that is on my heart &amp; mind.\u00c2\u00a0 I have had a great time in Austin with all of the P3C3 family.\u00c2\u00a0 Most importantly, I had an amazing time on the journey getting here.\u00c2\u00a0 The trek halfway across the country with people that you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.cnjonline.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnjonline.com\/news\/shelter-40595-box-english.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>English couple cycling through Clovis, Portales to promote charity<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Clovis News Journal<br \/>\nTwo English Rotarians cycling 10,000 miles to raise awareness about disaster relief charity Shelter Box are expected in Clovis and Portales, according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p>Huw and Carolyn Thomas of Cornwall, UK, riding in tandem with a green Shelter Box in tow, are traveling across Canada, the U.S. to Florida&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biking for transportation is more than riding to work from The Blog peopleforbikes.org A recent post on the Copenhagenize blog brought up an important topic for us at peopleforbikes.org. Mikael Colville-Andersen wrote, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The act of riding a bicycle for transport <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2010\/10\/27\/daily-news-roundup-october-27th-texas-bicycling\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[259,2207,910,2208,5253,453,2209],"class_list":["post-6204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-bike-safety","tag-biking-for-transportation","tag-cross-country","tag-mellow-johnnys-6-hour","tag-news","tag-ride-for-the-roses","tag-skeleton-ride"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-1C4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}